Nova Pacific Metals Corp. reported complete results from a backpack drilling program carried out on the Company's Lara Project on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Six BQ-sized holes totaling 18.11 m were drilled from two closely spaced collars using a Shaw backpack drill in order to confirm historic grades and to collect modern trace geochemistry information for massive sulphide mineralization in the Coronation Zone.

Assay results from holes 24BP03 - 06 further confirmed the high-grade nature of the massive sulphide lens exposed in nearby Trench 86-43 (24.58 g/t Au, 513.6 g/t Ag, 3.04% Cu, 43.01% Zn and 8.30% Pb across 3.51 m). Of particular note is the intersection from hole 24BP05, the upper 2.2 m of which intersected massive light brown sphalerite, galena, and disseminated chalcopyrite. Samples across the full 4.26 metre hole returned a weighted average of 12.5 g/t Au, 409.3 g/t Ag, 37.92% Zn, 5.29% Pb, 2.31% Cu and 1,394 g/t Sb.

A 0.9 m intersection from hole 24BP03 also returned 52.76% Zn. These numbers compare favorably with Abermin's trench results, but should not be considered representative of the average grade of the deposit, given the limited scope of the drilling program. Hole #, UTM, Elevation, Azimuth, Inclination, Northing, Easting, (degrees), 24BP01, 5414851, 433489, -90, 24BP03, 5414851, 433486, 140, -50, 24BP05, 5414851, 190, -70, 24BP06, 5414851, 433485, 90, -45.

Au, Ag, Cu, Pb, Zn, Sb, g/t, g/t, %, %, g/t, g-t, %, g/t. A 0.9 m intersections from hole 24 BP03 also returned 52.76%. These numbers compare favorably with AberMin's trench results, but should no be considered representative of the averagegrade of the deposit, given the Limited scope of the drilling program.